Andy Cato
2025
A National Trust tenant farmer and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Agricultural University, Andy’s shift from music to farming has brought fresh perspectives to the challenge of making the food system both resilient and a source of ecological regeneration rather than destruction. With over 17 years of hands-on farming experience, Andy co-founded Wildfarmed in 2019, a pioneering regenerative food and farming business that brings quality food grown in nature-rich landscapes to the high street.
My Sessions
The case for farming with nature in a changing policy environment
René Olivieri
Helen Browning OBE
John Pawsey
Andy Cato
Chris Clark
Government support is critical to enable farmers to transition to more sustainable and nature-friendly practices, but recent changes to farming policy and restricted access to new schemes this year have left many farmers considering further intensification to make ends meet. This not only risks impacting the natural environment, but also undermines the future of farm […]
A land use framework: powering the change in farming and nature?
Sue Pritchard
Hilary McGrady
Andy Cato
Tom Bradshaw
Dustin Benton
One of the key questions around a Land Use Framework is how farming can play a big role in delivering nature and climate targets, with or without taking land out of production. But what role should ‘management change’ play? Regenerative, nature-friendly farming – as part of a wider, more sustainable approach to food production – […]